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Hello again, The internet is bad here even when "they" say it is good. Not really strong enough to get many photos with my entries and I have some great photos. I have tried several times to send photos and it just doesn't work, unfortunately. I will be heading to Fez in a couple of days and will try catching up with photos from there. Too bad because I was so excited to show you my camel! Adventure ...

The adventure continues! I have been out of touch because I was in the Sahara doing a 3 day camel extravaganza. It was a long drive in a van with a bunch of crazy Brazilian college students, me and my two oriental traveling companions I met at the hostel. They were the ones who suggested I go with them on this trip. We all arrived back in Marrakech at 8:30pm last night after a 12 hour drive across the Atlas Mountains with ice and snow on the high altitude ...

The close proximity of Morocco to Spain means that there is some Spanish influence present. The majority of the population is Arab-Berber and is mostly Islamic. The International Salsa Festival best represents the transculturation that is always happening between Spain and Morocco. We do not need to acquire certain ...

... like a maze, and it was, but he drew out lines on a map to help us out. Stephan was from Spain originally and lives in Marrakech and Spain, he switches off with his partner that owns the Riad with him as well. I must say our room was so beautiful with lovely Moroccan architecture and the open roof in our private garden that we had. The rooftop is where we received our dinner which was home cooked by the local women that worked in the ...

... snack place where we get a couple of tasty sandwiches along with fries - I think we will be trying this place again as it is so good! After wards we wander to the Dar Si Said; an interesting museum full of jewelery, guns and various other artifacts but just the place is interesting as belonged to one of the Grand Viziers (think similar maybe to a prime minister) brother.

After having a short afternoon break at the Riad sorting out a few things such as our ...